Title: And a Partridge in a Pear Tree...
Author: Fyliwion
Theme: On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree
Series: Magic Kaitou
Pairing: Aoko/Kaito
Rating: PG
Word Count: 889
Warnings: None I can see...
Never-ending Disclaimers: I don't own Detective Conan. All characters and concepts are the property of Gosho Aoyama. So yeah.. though if Santa left them under my tree...

A/N: I was suppose to be studying for my Chem II AP final and Stat AP final... and then I shoulda been working hard on stuff... instead I wrote a purposeless fic... ahhh well...

Also to add... Yes.. Yes.. and yes... I WILL update my other stories before you bombard me with "please updates" Yeah they havent' but updated for 6th months but alot of unexpected things happened, and fanfic updates just didn't fit in. However with a three week christmas break, little to no homework, and my year anniversary for reading and writing my first Conan fic... I definantly will try to update and should have more stories up. Its not a promise but I am trying... so >> . >> please don't kill me squeaks

Oh.. and I have to dedicate these to Candy-chan and Fireblazie Candy-chan cuz it was her 12 days story that inspired me to start the challenge myself... and fireblazie for her 30 kisses story she began months ago... Definantly go look at they're fics, they're wonderful reads

Aoko looked out her window feeling more then a little depressed and just all out exhausted and tired. With her father working diligently on KID cases like usual, and more stress then usual on her part she'd nearly forgotten before Christmas was roughly upon her.

So instead of the normal tree and decor, or her usual Christmas party she'd put up, all Aoko had managed to do was set up a few of the older things and not even get to the tree. She'd meant to work on it that evening and would've had Kaito, Keiko or her father help her with it.

But then Keiko had said her family had planned a last minute trip for the week and wouldn't be able to help her out.

And then her dad told her that there was another KID note for that night. (She couldn't understand WHY it had to be Christmas eve.

And to top it all off Kaito had to tell her he was working late again.

At least he'd looked somewhat remorseful.

She'd given up even trying to get the tree out by herself and had managed to just get what she could before just giving up altogether and collapsing on her bed frustrated, angry and disheartened.

Honestly its Christmas... you should be happy Aoko. Happy.. even if you're dad's late again, and nobody's here, and... who am I joking?


She sighed burying her head more into the pillow, "Stupid KID! Stupid KID always wrecking everything... again! He did it last year too... why can't he give anyone a respite? Its not fair!" She slammed her first back into angrily before thrusting her head back again and finally dozing off into a light sleep.

It was somewhere in the early morning, before the sun had risen that she woke up again, blinking as she thought she heard a muttered curse downstairs and sounded like something fell. She frowned rubbing her eyes and sliding out of bed.

"Tousan?"

No answer, and something that sounded as though the silence had just gotten thicker.

"Tousan?"

Still nothing and then she becamesuspicious. She reached for the mop she kept hidden in case Kaito decided to pull any of his pranks, and slid out of her room heart beating a bit quicker. Don't tell me that now I have to deal with thieves here TOO. Well if I do then they'll get a beating they remember...


Walking into the main room however her eyes widened and mouth dropped. Her hand's let go of the mop she'd been clutching as it fell to the ground with a small thump, but she didn't even notice.

Staring she looked up and around her in utter shock at the scene before her.

Holly and garland strung along the room from the ceiling and the walls and all along shelves. Candles of red and green stood about all lit, and there seemed to be a light scent of gingerbread and cider. All of her usual decorations were up and about, and set next to the few she had managed to place up.

What most caught her eye was the fact that in the center of the room there stood their usual tree all decked out with lights, garland, the works. It was lit up and seemed even more beautiful then usual.

Little glass snowflakes hung reflecting the light, along with other touches that she usually never had time or patience to add. Tinsel hung in just the right places, lights that seemed to glow and just add enough to make the tree seem ethereal. And to her surprise what appeared to be little glass and birds that she'd never seen before. She looked at some amazed as she touched on how real they looked. One she felt was a crystal little swallow, another what appeared a small wren, and then she reached for the last one.

A partridge.

As she felt for the bird however she nearly screamed as it ruffled its wings and stepped onto her fingers.

She bit her lip staring at the bird and had to smile however as it began to rub its head against her fingers lovingly as tame as she could wish.

Taking another step, the bird dislodged something on its leg and she frowned curiously realizing that the thing was a small piece of paper rolled up into a note. It was tied with a smile piece of ribbon.

Lifting it up she brought it up and realized something was written on it. She carefully unrolled it, making sure she didn't dislodge the bird and felt a blush rise to her cheeks.

Aoko

Sorry that I wasn't able to help you decorate. I guess I haven't been therefor you much lately. When I sawyou were down, and you said you weren't going to get your decorations up in time, well I hope this makes up for it a little at least... Hope this helped cheer you up a bit.

Merry Christmas.

Kaito

"Baka..." she muttered lightly and the partridge cooed almost in agreement. Looking at the little bird she smiled, "And a partridge in a pear tree ne?" She asked the little creature . "Does that mean my true love gave you to me?"

She never noticed the grinning boy outside her window who slid away humming to himself trying not to be too pleased with himself.

A/N: I also realize it was probably painfully obvious exactly what was gonna happen.. and mabye a bit clique.. but hey!
Oh and for those who didn't catch it... this is a challenge on the 12 days of christmas community... a different theme for each day leading up to christmas, thus there will be 12 about our darling phantom theif and his lady